Anne del Castillo, commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, talks about the city-wide book club, One Book, One New York.
Plus singer, songwriter, poet, artist and author Patti Smith talks about her winning book, Just Kids (Ecco, 2010).
And - May 10th at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side - last year’s 2018 One Book winner, Jennifer Egan will introduce Patti Smith as this year’s winning author. Patti will then take part in an hour-long FREE conversation with the BuzzFeed book editor, Arianna Rebolini.
The event is free. RSVP here at PEN America World Voices Festival and here at Symphony Space